Are general and strategic measures of organizational context and leadership associated with knowledge and attitudes toward evidence-based practices in public behavioral health settings? A cross-sectional observational study

Powell, Byron J.; Mandell, David S.; Hadley, Trevor R.; Rubin, Ronnie M.; Evans, Arthur C.; Hurford, Matthew O.; Beidas, Rinad S.

doi:10.1186/s13012-017-0593-9

Implementation Science

Table 3 Variation in and factors associated with knowledge of (n = 127) and attitudes toward (n = 129) evidence-based practices

From: Are general and strategic measures of organizational context and leadership associated with knowledge and attitudes toward evidence-based practices in public behavioral health settings? A cross-sectional observational study

	KEBSQ 94.00 (89.50–101)	EBPAS Requirements 3.00 (2.00–3.67)	EBPAS Appeal 3.25 (2.67–3.75)	EBPAS Openness 3.00 (2.50–3.75)	EBPAS Divergence 1.25 (0.75–1.75)	EBPAS Total 3.00 (2.56–3.32)
Parameter estimates
General organizational factors
Organizational characteristics
Cumulative years in initiatives	1.38	0.05	0.09	−0.06	−0.05	0.03
Program size	0.14	0.00	−0.00	−0.00	−0.00	0.00
Individual contractor ratio	−2.81	−0.33	−0.61	0.15	0.23	−0.26
Organizational social context
Proficient culture	0.68*	−0.04	0.01	−0.04	−0.01	−0.02
Rigid culture	0.11	0.04	0.05*	−0.01	0.02	0.02
Resistant culture	−0.61*	−0.00	−0.03	0.02	0.01	−0.01
Engaged climate	−0.79	0.12	0.03	0.06	−0.05	0.07*
Functional climate	−1.10*	−0.00	−0.10*	0.04	0.05	−0.03
Stressful climate	−0.15	−0.10	−0.10*	0.00	0.00	−0.05
Transformational leadership
Idealized influence (attributed)	10.23*	0.36	−0.16	−0.11	0.51	−0.10
Idealized influence (behavior)	−4.18	0.46	0.56	−0.00	1.06	−0.01
Inspirational motivation	−0.66	0.21	0.79	0.16	−0.88*	0.51
Intellectual stimulation	1.74	−0.40	0.03	0.19	−0.50	0.08
Individual consideration	−1.41	−1.33	−0.99*	−0.53	0.30	−0.79*
Strategic organizational factors
Implementation climate
Focus on EBPs	3.31	−0.45	0.12	0.18	0.02	−0.04
Educational support	3.18	1.95**	1.12*	0.16	−1.06*	1.07**
Recognition team	7.90	−0.38	−0.34	−0.10	−0.25	−0.14
Reward team	−8.51*	−0.32	−0.23	0.12	0.63*	−0.27
Staff selection	4.40	−1.62	−1.19	−0.25	0.50	−0.89
Selection openness	−3.77	0.60	1.05*	0.06	−0.38	0.52
Implementation leadership
Proactive	−4.30	1.50	1.17*	0.57	0.04	0.80*
Knowledgeable	3.68	−0.17	0.38	−0.01	−0.59*	0.20
Supportive	−3.01	0.90	0.32	−0.29	−0.60	0.38
Perseverant	2.32	−2.48**	−1.94*	−0.46	0.91	−1.49**

Note. Values associated with the dependent variables in row 1 represent medians and interquartile ranges. These models also control for individual-level demographics, including gender, age, and years of experience
*<0.05; **<0.01

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